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UNIT TEST 13
Section 1: Listening (Tapescript 70)
Listen and choose the correct answer.
(1) Karen's bag is made of leather/ plastic.
(2) It's got a short / long strap.
(3) It's got a pocket / zip on the side.
(4) It's a shoulder / sports bag.
(5) There is an address book and some keys / money inside.
(6) The office is open from 9.30 / 9.00 am in the morning.
Section 2: Grammar and Vocabulary
Complete the text using a word from the box.
afford find left lost spend buy |
I couldn't (7) ________ my glasses this morning. I remember I had them on the bus yesterday so I (8) ________ work early today and went to the (9) ________ property office.
They weren't there so tomorrow I'm going to (10) ________ a new pair of glasses. I can't (11) ________ anything expensive. I hope to (12) ________ not more than £25.
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. Use `than'.
Example:
I'm not as old as my sister.
My sister ……………………………………. me.
My sister ………. is older than ……………...me.
(13) Susan's house isn't as big as Henry's.
Henry's house ___________________________ Susan's.
(14) Kevin isn't as lucky as his sister.
Kevin's sister ___________________________ him.
(15) Phillip isn't as generous as Linda.
Linda is ___________________________ Phillip.
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. Use `… as … as …'.
(16) George's computer is faster than Mark's.
Mark's computer ___________________________ George's.
(17) The Hill Top Hotel is worse than the Park View Hotel.
The Park View Hotel ___________________________ the Hill Top Hotel.
(18) Jane's hair is curlier than Rachel's.
Rachel's hair ___________________________ Susan's.
Complete each sentence with the superlative form of a word from the box.
famous hot cold small tall expensive popular |
(19) The Peel P50 is only 134 cm long. It's the ______________ car in the world!
(20) Venus has a surface temperature of 480°C. It's the ______________ planet in the solar system.
(21) Everybody knows Bill Gates. He's probably the ______________ businessman in the world.
(22) In Europe, February is usually the ______________ month of the year.
(23) Japan isn't cheap. In 2003, it was the ______________ country to live in.
(24) With more than 200 million album sales, Julio Iglesias is probably the ______________ Latin singer in the world.
(25) De-Fen Yao from China stands at 235 cm. She's the ______________ woman in the world.
Section 3: Reading
Read the text and mark sentences 26 to 30 True (T) or False (F).
HARRODS CHRISTMAS SALE
Every year on the Monday morning after Christmas, the Harrods annual sale starts. Thousands of people visit the department store in search of quality goods at cheap prices. On the first day of the sale this year, a total of 150,000 people spent some six million pounds. Although Monday looked like chaos, on the following Saturday, 250,000 people spent 12 million pounds.
There is, it seems, always a must-have item and this year the longest queues are for designer bags. Iguchi, a young Japanese visitor, waited for two hours just to buy his girlfriend a handbag. `I got a good deal, I only paid 50 per cent of the normal price for this Gucci bag,' said the happy tourist.
`Also, when I say that I bought it at the Harrods sale, my girlfriend will be even more pleased - Harrods is very well known in Japan,' he added.
Harrods first opened in 1849 when Charles Henry Harrod bought and re-named a grocery store on the Brompton Road - where the shop is still located - and the initial sale was held in 1870.
Also famous are the people who wait outside the store for days before the sale starts and appear on British television news broadcasts over Christmas. The queue attracts many regulars, year after year.
Vivian Ugent, 63, and her 70-year-old husband Donald from St Louis, Missouri, have visited the sale for the past 18 years. `We were here at 6.00 am and some people we know brought a chair for me to sit on, which was nice,' Mrs Ugent said. `In the past, we always came at 4.30 am but we're getting a bit old for that,' she added, saying that they were especially interested in bargain china.
`We always buy my husband an English hat too, because he keeps losing them.'
(26) Monday was the busiest day of the sale for Harrods. T / F
(27) This year designer bags are the most popular shopping items. T / F
(28) Iguchi was happy with his shopping. T / F
(29) Harrods has more than 150 years of experience in arranging sales. T / F
(30) Mr and Mrs Ugent arrived later than usual this year. T / F